Ogle v. State

In August 1984 Cecil George Ogle filed three petitions for writs of error coram nobis. Each challenged petitioner’s convictions in three previous felony cases which were employed to brand him a persistent offender when he was later tried, convicted and court-sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for rape by forcible compulsion. State v. Ogle, 668 S.W.2d 138 (Mo.App. 1984). The trial court issued separate judgments denying each petition and we consolidated the separate appeals when the matters reached this tribunal.

Even though the proceedings seek relief from criminal convictions, suits in the…